Father: William Patterson (1811-1901)
Mother: Phoebe Vincent (1813-1856)
10/28/1850 - "Scholar", Lorain Co., OH (lived with parents and sibs; indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Francis W. Patterson)
07/14/1856 - Mother, Phoebe, died
1859 - M.D. degree, Medical College of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH (from: OH)
06/21/1860 - Assistant Physician, Lunatic State Asylum, Hinds Co., MS (lived with other employees of the asylum; indexed in the 1860 U. S. Census as F. W. Patterson)
1861 - Practiced medicine near Jackson, Hinds Co., MS
04/02/1861 - Enlisted as a Pvt., Mississippi State Troops
05/24/1861 - Mustered in as Pvt., Co. K, 18th MS Infantry, Corinth, MS
06/30/1861 - Pvt., Co. K, 18th MS Infantry, Confederate States Army
08/31/1861 - Pvt., Co. K, 18th MS Infantry
09/02/1861 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, 20th GA Infantry,
09/07/1861 - As Asst. Surgeon, assigned to the Army of the Potomac and ordered by Medical Director T. H. Williams to proceed to Manassas Junction, VA
06/06/1862 - In a letter written by Col. J. B. Cumming, commanding, 20th GA Infantry, to Hon. G. W. Randolph, Confederate Secretary of War, "Sir, I have the honor to solicit the promotion of Assistant Surgeon F. W. Patterson to Surgeon of the 20th Georgia Regmt. to fill [a] vacancy occasioned by the transfer of Surgeon Randolph Barksdale to the position of Division Surgeon. Dr. Patterson has been on duty with this Regmt. as Asst. Surgeon since Sept. 12, 1861 and has give entire satisfaction. Most Respectfully, Your Obt. Servt., J. B. Cumming, Col. Commanding 20th Ga Regt."
07/03/1862 - "Asst. Surgeon F. W. Patterson will report to General R. E. Lee, commanding etc. for duty with the 20th Regt. Georgia Volunteers." [S. O. 153/3]
07/09/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 06/06/1862
01/28/1863 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry
02/28/1863 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry
07/03/1863 - Left with the wounded, Gettysburg, PA [Note: Dr. Patterson met his future wife, Helena, in Gettysburg, PA. After the battle, she travelled to Gettysburg from her home in Baltimore to care for the Confederate wounded.
07/05/1863 - Captured by the U.S. Army, Gettysburg, PA
08//18/1863 -As a Prisoner of War, arrived at the U. S. 8th Army Corps, Office Provost Marshal, Baltimore, MD, from Gettysburg, PA and was sent the same day to Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD [The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Oct. 8th, 1900, p. 6.]
11/23/1863 - As a Prisoner of War, sent to City Point, VA, for exchange
02/29/1864 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry
04/30/1864 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry
06/30/1864 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry
08/16/1864 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry, Bristol, TN
12/10/1864 - As Acting Senior Surgeon, Gen. B. G. Humphrey's Brigade, Garnett Farm, VA, ordered two wall tents, flies, poles, & pins and one skillet with a lid "for use of the medical officers of the brigade"
03/01/1865 - Surgeon, 17th MS Infantry, near Richmond, VA
04/09/1865 - As Brigade Surgeon, Gen. B. G. Humphrey's Brigade, Gen. J. B. Kershaw's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, paroled by the U. S. Army, Appomattox C. H., VA
1865 - Married Mrs. Helena Fredericka "Helen" Bredemeyer Mason(1837-1900)
03/05/1866 - Practiced medicine, 6 miles from Baltimore, MD, on Liberty Rd.
08/09/1868 - At Cobb's Island, Va., the only daughter of Dr. F. W. Patterson and Helen F Patterson died, aged 5 months [Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD, Aug. 11th, 1868, p. 2, c. 2.
1871 - Traveled with his wife, Helen and two children on the German steamship "Leipzig" from Baltimore to Bremen, Germany
1886,1890 - Practiced medicine, Lochearn, Baltimore Co., MD
04/01/1892 - Practiced medicine, Tacoma, Pierce Co., WA (lived with wife, "Hellen F" and 4 children; indexed in the 1892 Washington State Census as "Francis Wm. Patterson")
1896 - Practiced medicine, 1712 Bolton, Baltimore, MD and in Catonsville, Baltimore Co., MD
1900 - Practiced medicine, Baltimore Co., MD
10/07/1900 - Wife, Helena, died in Catonsville, MD, "after a lingering illness of liver
trouble" MD (buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland; FindAGrave #115949051)
1901 - Father, William, died in Elyria, Lorain Co., OH (buried: Laporte Cemetery, Grafton, Lorain Co., OH; FindAGrave #189688311)
1906 - Practiced medicine, Catonsville, MD
03/22/1910 - Died of senile debility, Baltimore, MD (buried: Loudon Park Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland; FindAGrave #115948814)

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F. T. & Koste, J. L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
11/01/2021. Unpublished database.